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February 2000
Vol. 77 No. 2


 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Ownership of Information141
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
Especially for High School Teachers143
J. Emory Howell
How to Make Learning Chemical Nomenclature Fun, Exciting, and Palatable144
Joseph Chimeno
CUR, NCUR, and a Student Perspective on a National Research Conference146
John C. Cochran and Michael Neidig
From Past Issues
Let It Snow!148
Kathryn R. Williams
Report
New Guidelines for Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education150
Donald J. Wink
NSF Highlights
The Development of Innovative Laboratory Experiments with UV-Visible Spectrophotometer 153
Peter Abeta Iyere
Commentary
Comments on Kinetic, Potential, and Ionization Energies155
John P. Lowe
News & Announcements157
Letters160
Book and Media Reviews
Statistical Thermodynamics and Kinetic Theory (by Charles E. Hecht)161
reviewed by Andrew Pounds
Book and Media Reviews
Introduction to Bioanalytical Sensors (by Alice J. Cunningham)161
reviewed by S. Douglass Gilman
Information Page162
Book and Media Reviews
Biochemical Pathways: An Atlas of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (edited by Gerhard Michal)163
reviewed by William H. Voige
Book and Media Reviews
The Periodic Round Table (by Gary Katz)164
reviewed by Glen E. Rodgers
Book and Media Reviews
Inorganic Chemistry, 2nd Edition (by Gary L. Miessler and Donald A. Tarr)165
reviewed by George B. Kauffman
Book and Media Reviews
REACT for Windows: Chemical Kinetics Emulation and Application (by Michael Manka)165
reviewed by Joseph W. Bozzelli
Advertising in This Issue166

 Chemistry for Everyone
Tested Demonstrations
Gas Me Up, or, A Baking Powder Diver171
Henry R. Derr, Tricia Lewis, and Bretton J. Derr
LeChâtelier's Principle in the Sciences173
Volker B. E. Thomsen
Applications and Analogies
A Chromatographic Parable176
Jon F. Parcher
JCE Classroom Activity
The Write Stuff: Using Paper Chromatography to Separate an Ink Mixture176A

 In The Classroom
Tested Demonstrations
Catalytic Oxidation of Ammonia: A Sparkling Experiment177
Vladimir A. Volkovich and Trevor R. Griffiths
Tested Demonstrations
A Visual Demonstration of Supramolecular Chemistry: Observable Fluorescence Enhancement upon Guest-Host Inclusion178
Brian D. Wagner, Penny J. MacDonald, and Maryam Wagner
Linking the Lab Experience with Everyday Life: An Analytical Chemistry Experiment for Agronomy Students181
Sônia Maria N. Gimenez, Maria Josefa S. Yabe, Neide K. Kondo, Rodrigo O. Mouriño, and Graziela Cristina R. Moura
Ant Activity Associated with a Chemical Compound183
R. Rigatuso, S. M. R. Bertoluzzo, F. E. Quattrin, and María Guadalupe Bertoluzzo
Calculating Enthalpy of Reaction by a Matrix Method185
Mutasim I. Khalil
The Relationship between Stoichiometry and Kinetics188
Sidney Toby
An Integrated Communication Skills Package for Undergraduate Chemists191
W. J. Kerr, R. E. G. Murray, B. D. Moore, and D. C. Nonhebel
An Integrated Lecture-Laboratory Environment for General Chemistry195
Christina Bailey, Kevin Kingsbury, Kristen Kulinowski, Jeffrey Paradis, and Rod Schoonover
Computer Bulletin Board
Collaborative Physical Chemistry Projects Involving Computational Chemistry199
David M. Whisnant, Jerry J. Howe, and Lisa S. Lever
Computational Investigations for Undergraduate Organic Chemistry: Predicting the Mechanism of the Ritter Reaction202
Rita K. Hessley
Computational Investigations for Undergraduate Organic Chemistry: Modeling a TLC Exercise to Investigate Molecular Structure and Intermolecular Forces203
Rita K. Hessley
Computer Bulletin Board
Conformer Hunting: An Open-Ended Computational Chemistry Exercise That Expresses Real-World Complexity and Student Forethought206
Kenny B. Lipkowitz and Daniel Robertson
Teaching with Technology
A Lewis Acid-Base Computational Chemistry Exercise for Advanced Inorganic Chemistry209
Wayne P. Anderson
Proposed Methodological Improvement in the Elucidation of Chemical Reaction Mechanisms Based on Chemist-Computer Interaction214
Andrew V. Zeigarnik, Raúl E. Valdés-Pérez, and Brian S. White

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
Teaching with Technology
Microcomputer Applications in Biochemistry219
C. Stan Tsai
Supramolecular Chemistry: Computer-Assisted Instruction in Undergraduate and Graduate Chemistry Courses222
Alexandre A. Varnek, Bernard Dietrich, Georges Wipff, Jean-Marie Lehn, and Elena V. Boldyreva
Teaching with Technology
Organic Chemistry and the Internet: A Web-Based Approach to Homework and Testing Using the WE_LEARN System227
John H. Penn, Vincent M. Nedeff, and Gloria Gozdzik
Teaching with Technology
Students Using Chemistry Courseware - Insights from a Qualitative Study231
Slavica Pavlinic, Anthony H. Wright, and Paul D. Buckley

 Research: Science and Education
Chemical Education Research
The Assessment of Students and Teachers' Understanding of Gas Laws235
Huann-shyang Lin, Hsiu-ju Cheng, and Frances Lawrenz
Why Are Chemists and Other Scientists Afraid of the Peer Review of Teaching?239
Charles H. Atwood, James W. Taylor, and Pat A. Hutchings
Closed-Form Spherical Harmonics: Explicit Polynomial Expression for the Associated Legendre Functions244
J. J. C. Mulder
Quantifying Molecular Character245
P. G. Nelson

 In the Laboratory
An Introductory Laboratory Exercise on Solution Preparation: A Rewarding Experience249
M. Rachel Wang
Metallurgy in the Laboratory: Preparation of Pure Antimony251
Brooke L. O'Klatner and Daniel Rabinovich
Inexpensive Digital Monitoring of Signals from a Spectronic-20 Spectrophotometer252
John R. Amend, Matthew E. Morgan, and Alex Whitla
Inexpensive Pipet or Buret Jar and Washer254
Henry Brouwer
Calculator-Based Instrumentation: The Design of a Digital Interface Based on I2C Technology255
A. B. Hickman, W. G. Delinger, and Robin S. Helburn
A Low-Cost Device for Automatic Photometric Titrations258
Fábio R. P. Rocha and Boaventura F. Reis
An Inexpensive Commercially Available Analog-to-Digital Converter262
Gary W. Breton
Undergraduate Separations Utilizing Flash Chromatography263
Gail Horowitz
A Problem-Solving Approach to Chromatography in the Biochemistry Lab264
Frank R. Gorga
Determination of the Scoville Heat Value for Hot Sauces and Chilies: An HPLC Experiment266
James D. Batchelor and Bradley T. Jones
Dipeptide Sequence Determination: Analyzing Phenylthiohydantoin Amino Acids by HPLC268
Janice S. Barton, Chung-Fei Tang, and Steven S. Reed
A Simple Secondary Amine Synthesis: Reductive Amination Using Sodium Triacetoxyborohydride270
Merle W. Carlson, James T. Ciszewski, Micah M. Bhatti, Wesley F. Swanson, and Anne M. Wilson
Catalytic Asymmetric Epoxidation Using a Fructose-Derived Catalyst271
Andy Burke, Patrick Dillon, Kyle Martin, and T. W. Hanks
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